Tax help available at Granite Run Mall

By Bette Alburger

Monday, January 14, 2013

MIDDLETOWN -- Need help with your taxes?

Specially trained and certified volunteers will offer free tax assistance 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Feb. 5 through April 11 on the upper level of Granite Run Mall near Boscov's, with special attention to people age 65 and older.

Sponsored by AARP in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service and the state Department of Revenue, volunteers will provide low-to-middle-income taxpayers with counseling, preparation and electronic filing of their federal and state income tax returns.

To receive free assistance, taxpayers should bring a copy of their 2012 tax return and all 2012 tax materials, such as W-2 and 1099 forms, along with Social Security, tax and rent receipts. Taxpayers who have sold stocks, bonds, mutual funds and/or other assets in 2012 also should have the purchase date and cost basis available.

The free service is available thanks to Granite Run Mall providing the space, Montgomery Insurance Agency providing a copier and volunteer tax consultants committing their time and knowledge.